Base Metals Top Stories

Copper price boost as Chinese imports rebound

November cargoes up 31% to 380,000 tonnes in November compared to previous month.

Frik Els | December 7, 2016 | 9:43 pm

Nevsun off to the races after eye-popping Serbia assays

Drilling results from Vancouver-based company's super high-grade Timok copper-gold project…

Frik Els | December 7, 2016 | 5:39 pm

Win for Barrick’s giant South America gold project

Top gold producer's plans to revive giant Pascua Lama gold-silver-copper…

Frik Els | December 7, 2016 | 3:38 pm

Capital allocation: Canadian miners’ top priority for 2017

With fluctuating commodity prices, the top priorities for Canadian miners…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2016 | 11:03 am

Rio Tinto says halt of copper shipments from Oyu Tolgoi ‘a bump in the road’

Chief executive Jean-Sebastian Jacques comments come as the company had…

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 7, 2016 | 7:03 am

Europe aims to revive magnesium output by 2025 to cut China reliance

Supplies from China fell late last year, igniting prices in Europe and focusing the EU on efforts to secure home-grown supplies.

Reuters | May 20, 2022 | 6:33 am

Arconic to sell Russian operations, take $500 million charge

The Pittsburgh-based aluminum-sheet manufacturer said the conflict in Ukraine has made its operation in Russia untenable.

Bloomberg News | May 19, 2022 | 3:25 pm

Peru fails yet again to broker truce allowing Las Bambas mine restart

On Thursday, Prime Minister Anibal Torres traveled to the Andean region of Apurimac, but he arrived late and then abruptly left the meeting only an hour after it had started.

Reuters | May 19, 2022 | 2:17 pm

Chinese lockdowns dragging aluminum prices down, no respite before H2 — report

Fitch notes strong downside risks as strict Chinese lockdowns pose a strong threat to demand for the metal in 2022.

Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 | 1:24 pm

ESG to decide winners-losers in mining, says Friedland

"Companies that get it right will inherit the industry. Companies that don’t, will die.”

Bloomberg News | May 19, 2022 | 10:12 am

Copper price rebounds as China eases covid restrictions

“Sentiment had been buoyed by hopes that China is making progress towards an exit from strict lockdowns,” commodity strategists at ANZ said.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 | 9:25 am

South Africans’ hair reveals heavy metal exposure from mining at Witwatersrand

Researchers are analyzing individual hair samples from people living and working around the Witwatersrand basin to determine the degree of uranium contamination.

Staff Writer | May 19, 2022 | 5:05 am

Turquoise Hill to receive debt funding from Rio Tinto as it evaluates $2.7bn offer

Rio Tinto said it will provide interim debt funding of up to $400 million.

Reuters | May 18, 2022 | 4:53 pm

Chile’s top court puts Dominga mining project decision on Boric admin

Last year, environmentalists and surrounding communities appealed a ruling from a lower court that tossed out a decision by a regulator that denied the company permits.

Reuters | May 18, 2022 | 2:48 pm

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